The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-30
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
An Epitone Of The Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

A fire started in coke pit at Con-
nellsville, Pa, and imprisoned three
men, who were burned to death.
Major John E. Blaine. paymaster
U. S. A., brother of ex. Secretary
Blaine, died at Hot Springs, Ark.
The Secretary of the Interior has
allowed in full the claim OF Granville
Naylor, OF Ashl md, for $40S.62, on ae.
count of depredations in 1855 by the
Rogue River Indians.
AT Madrid Marshal Bazine was as
saulsed by Frenchman with pom
lard, and dangerously wounded about
the head. His assailant is believed TO
be the correspondent of Paris news
paper.
By the bursting of water tank con-
tanning 100000 gallons of water, five
pt rsons were killed and several in
iured at Palatin, III. The accident oc
Cured on the Nor hwestcrn road while
a crowd was standing on the track.
A Southern Oregon mine was
: ttsaltedn and sold to an un-uspecting
party for $4,000 Rumor connects
an ex Portland hotel keeper with the,
transaction. The Jackson county
grand jury is looking into the matter.
A terrible gale is reported to have
ragged along the west coast OF New
Foundland causing serious less of life
and great destruction to property.
Near Rose Blance two barks went
down at their moorings, and five men
were drowned.
A cyclone visited Suffolk, Va, with
fatal and destructive effects. Its track
was about 100 yards wide. The house
of John Wright was completely de-
molished Mr.. Wright, his wife and
Young sister, and james Luke were in
the house at the time. Mrs. Wright
and Mr. Luke were instantly killed,
the young girl fatally injured and Mr..
Wright seriously hurt. Much other
damage was done TO property along
the path of the cyclone.
Eastern dispatches state that terri
cylone swept through Missouri, Kansas
and Texas. In Vernon county, Mo,
thirty houses We're destroyed and
fifteen persons killed. The wind was
preceded by hail storm. which done
considerable damage. Many OF the
hailstones weighed from three to four
ounces, and some OF them measured
nine inches in circumference. They
crashed through roofs, dwellings and
barns, leaving holes through which
mans arm would psss with ease. The
town of Prescott, Kansas, was literally
wiped out OF existence, not a single
building being left standing TO mark
the site where once was a prosperous
and thriving place. So far as learned
fifteen live We're lost at that place 1t
is thought that the loss of life and
property Is great in the districts visited
by the cyclone, which have no tele
graph communication with the out.
side world
News of a terrible shipwreck, thirty
mills north of Cape Flattery, on the
Washington Territory coast, has been
received at Victoria through four In
dians who came overland, having
spent ten DAYS in the journey. For
some time past great anxiety has been
felt regarding the schooner Active,
which was overdue The schooner
was owned by Guttman & Co, of Vic
toria, and was registered at 42O tons
The schooner appears TO have been
caught in a storm and dashed on the
shore, where she speedily went To
pieces. and all hands undoubtedly
perishlng as far as known. Among
those VINO have perished are: Mr.
JAKE Guttman, one of the owners,
Captain Gotehamel, Offa jackson,
CHARTS Frederick and Billy Lessing
besides twenty-eight Indians. The
latter named belong to Chief K lsor-
mats tribe Chief Elso Kilsormat
himself was on board, the other In
dians being hunters. The death OF
the chief is tant4mount 10 the exter-
mnation of the tribes, and the Kilsor-
mat tribe viii soon be extinct. Ac-
cording to the custom OF his tribe
all the huts of the unfortunate men
have been burned.
ROCHESTER, NY, March IL, 1887.
From April 1st, 1887, to April 1st,
1888, offer C$l00) one hundred dol
lars for each and every discovery of a
new comet made between the above
dates, subject to the following three
conditions:
l. 1t may be discovered either by
the naked eye or telescope, but it must
bc ubtAl3ectSa, tAtebt a " eilS SotIAcs
Of 1915, which is now looked for.
2 fO The discoverer, if residing
In the United States or Canada, must
send prepaid telegram Immediately 10
DIR. Lewis Swift, Director Warner
Observatory, Rochester, \. Y, giving
the time of discovery, the position and
direction of motion with sufficient
actness, if possible, 10 enable at lea t
one other observer to find 1t. (bl Dis
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